Modernity and Modernization in Mexico
I don't know if it's my education up until now, my upbringing, or Mexican representation in the media, but I somehow always thought of Mexico as a big old desert with lots of cacti and sand and ponchos. I believe this is in part due to the media's representation of foreign countries, especially those in crises, as backwards and needing our help so donate now! It's probably also in part due to cartoons always depicting Mexico and other Latin American countries in this way, as deserts without any buildings, just vast expanses of desert, while New York is a bustling metropolis. It goes without saying that cartoons are built off of stereotypes, but to what extent are these stereotypes damaging, or even racist? I found all the hard, concrete information a little difficult to digest. I guess that's why I'm not an economics major. I also found all the novelties of the products discussed a little difficult to understand, probably because I have electricity and have had...